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Why to use Cutover if hybrid is better
Again, cutover assumes you are moving everything to the cloud, so you have no dependencies on AD or any other on-premises infrastructure. Users are managed directly within Azure AD/Office 365.
For Hybrid, you have the requirement to sync objects from on-premises AD, thus you still have the dependency on it. Even if the migration is completed. The only way to remove this dependency is to disable synchronization and convert all objects to cloud-only, as detailed for example here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/decommission-on-premises-exchange
Thanks for the answer, so for Cutover, will it even 'shift and life' the Active Directory, or what about the AD in this case.
Thanks
Office 365 doesnt offer anything that's a replacement for AD, this is not the scope in any type of migration.
Thanks for the reply, so basicly what you are telling is Exchange will be fully on cloud but users will still relay on the on-premise AD, so only Exchange server can be phased-out.
I have been watching some vedios https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlZ7C5iqxVo
and as the presenter says on the time 1:25 "that all the user information will be stored in the Azure AD and you dont require AD or exchange server once the migration is completed."
surely I got something I did not understand. !, would you please explain this part.
Thanks
Again, cutover assumes you are moving everything to the cloud, so you have no dependencies on AD or any other on-premises infrastructure. Users are managed directly within Azure AD/Office 365.
For Hybrid, you have the requirement to sync objects from on-premises AD, thus you still have the dependency on it. Even if the migration is completed. The only way to remove this dependency is to disable synchronization and convert all objects to cloud-only, as detailed for example here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/decommission-on-premises-exchange
- Thanks for the provided information.